Archives for April 2008

The Daily Loper – April 1, 2008

April 1, 2008 by Lopy

The Tube of History Edition

Todays links of interest:

TargetCast: Network TV’s Prime-time Spot Cost Drops 12%
Who didn’t see that one coming?
Social Network for Journalists Gets 2.75M in Financing
Publishing2 wants journalists to have just as much as college kids and wanna-be models…now there’s funding!
Why Blog? Reason No. 92: Book Deal
Guy starts blog, gets huge advance on book deal, smart analysts note that Martin Mull already wrote book. Still, this is the modern world and there’s quite a bit of snark happening out there is publishing land.

9 Things That Sound Like April Fools Jokes (But Sadly, Aren’t)

April 1, 2008 by Jim Connelly

Kassia is fond of saying that around ‘Loper HQ, April Fools isn’t a day, it’s a season. However, this year, real life has gotten in the way, so in honor of that, I’ve decided to point out a few actual real things that are far more absurd than most of the jokes you’ll see today.

Let’s begin, shall we.

Continuing Record Company Cluelessness About the 21st Century
Last week, there was an article in Entertainment Weekly about the rush-release of the new Gnarls Barkley album. Apparently, the fact that it leaked online a few weeks early caught Atlantic records by surprise.
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